Originally posted by C_A:
I think that these discussions don't help the general atmosphere around here, especially when political comments pop up in other threads where I don't expect them.
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If people want to discuss politics or religion they can go elsewhere to do so. I don't see why these discussions have to take place in forums dedicated to a television show.
C_A, not that I doubt your statement at all, please don't take this that way - but could you provide an example or two? I don't remember that happening, but it could be that I just didn't notice or since it didn't bother me, I didn't take note. The only thing I can think of would be Shayne's Veritas, but it had quite a bit of politics in it so it makes sense that politics might be discussed in the FDK folders, but beyond that...
As for the second statement, wouldn't that also apply to movies and baby high heels and weather related topics as well? Or for that matter, Lois and Clark related NON fic stuff? These are the FIC boards, after all. There's plenty of discussion of the show itself on the other boards. Do you think it would it be better to just take out the entire OT section since very little there has even the most tenuous connection to Lois and Clark? And the show forum as there's other places it can be discussed. Productions maybe even though they're not *fic* because there isn't much of another place to post/discuss them. I guess I'm not following the logic of 'if it's not related to the show or there's other places to discuss it, take it out' because that would apply to 1/3 or more of the boards.
I know that's taking it to the extreme, but isn't that the risk you run when you censor just about anything? Whether it's religion and politics or anything else? The only 'censorship' I know of on the boards, is gossip about the lives of the actors [and G/L fic because it's not L/C fic and could be construed as gossip] but even then posts discussing movies, TV shows or other works by those actors [mainly Teri and Dean] are welcome in the OT section, as long as it doesn't stray into gossip. When you start excluding one area, where do you stop? They say never to discuss religion, politics or sex, but that would take out the whole Nfic section as well and I'm quite certain that would start an uproar. When it dissolves into flaming and so on, then yes, politics or religion or whatever else should be kept in check, but on a thread by thread or even post/er by post/er basis, but to ban it all together seems a bit much TO ME.
Just more of my .02
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Carol
